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Trevor BauerTrevor Bauer

Playing in empty stadiums will minimize the value of home field advantage

I think it's going to minimize the value of home field. Generally you get a lot of adrenaline and momentum when you're coming back in a game or when you're in a big situation and your home crowd is going crazy. So it's going to kind of level that out.

Studies of the 2020 sports seasons generally showed a significant decrease in home field advantage across all major sports.

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Jul 8, 2020
#1827
Big CatBig Cat

Paying Patrick Mahomes this much money will inevitably hurt the Chiefs' roster depth

The ultimate question now is will paying Patrick Mahomes this much hurt the team? And of course it will because he's going to be paid a lot of money. And is it going to be worth it in the long run when you have to figure out a way to Cobble together a team by paying Patrick Mahomes as well.

While the Chiefs did lose Tyreek Hill, they managed to win back-to-back Super Bowls in 2022 and 2023, proving the depth issues were manageable.
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Jul 8, 2020
#1821
Big CatBig Cat

Patrick Mahomes is already a Hall of Famer

There are 13 guys who have won Super Bowl MVP and League MVP... nine of them are in the Hall of Fame. The other three are Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady. Then the 13th is Patrick Mahomes. So essentially you're saying he's already a Hall of Famer. Yes. He is already in the upper echelon of NFL players.

Mahomes has since won a second and third Super Bowl/MVP, making him an undeniable first-ballot lock.
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Jul 8, 2020
#1823
Big CatBig Cat

I would hammer the under on Patrick Mahomes winning 3.5 more Super Bowls

If you though said over under Super Bowls for Patrick Mahomes, and you said it at let's say three and a half, I would hammer the under and that's nothing against Patrick Mahomes. That's just the NFL.

Mahomes currently has 3 rings as of 2024. He needs two more to beat Big Cat's 'under' (which was 3.5 additional from 2020, meaning 4.5 total).

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Scott Boras effectively runs the MLB players' union

He [Scott Boras] can plead ignorance all he wants... he makes all sorts of ridiculous claims about... it doesn't matter which agency you're actually with, I run the union [MLBPA] anyways, you're going to have to deal with me.

While Boras is influential, the MLBPA is officially run by an executive director and a player board. Bauer's claim is an interpretation of influence.
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I am a better pitcher than Curt Schilling was through age 28

I find it really fun to just position a position where like you're [Curt Schilling] either worse than me or you have to admit that advanced stuff matters. I'm better than him with certain regular stats at this point in my career through 28 years old.

Bauer won the Cy Young in 2020 (age 29). Through age 28, Bauer had 70 wins and a 3.96 ERA; Schilling through 28 had 36 wins and a 3.48 ERA (having started later as a starter). It is highly debatable.

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